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Originally Posted by adysav
Filtherton, if you really were reading my posts you'd notice I'm for homosexual marriage... but since you insist.
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I know, but you seemed to imply that you wanted to argue against it.
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Children of same-sex couples will fall into one of two categories, foster children or surrogate children.
Surrogate: Issues may arise with the biological parent who is outside the marriage. The non-biological parent in the marriage may feel resentment and less attachment to the child, similar to a step-parent. Either way, there are biological ties overlapping the marriage with potential for abuse or conflict.
Foster:
Children died as a result of abuse in foster care 5.25 times more often than children in the general population.
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Well, these are more arguments against surrogate and foster parenthood than gay marriage.
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Originally Posted by adysav
In either case you could argue that there is no maternal instinct within a gay couple. Traditional custody settlements have usually ended with the mother gaining custody because she is more capable of caring for a child, unless she is proved unfit.
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You could argue, but you'd be fooling yourself if you thought that men are less capable of raising functional children. Tradition is not in and of itself a justification for anything. I would argue that traditional custody settlements are full of shit, for the same reasons that the traditional idea that men are incapable of raising children effectively are full of shit.